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<h1>About formatting documents</h1>
<p>You can determine a document's appearance by formatting either its controls 
 (text fields, lines, sections, and so on) or the entire document. </p>
<p class="whs1">The following list provides some useful formatting 
 suggestions:</p>
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<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">The 
 
<a HREF="Transparent_controls.htm">transparent backstyle</a> lets you 
 see what is behind a control. The opaque backstyle covers what is behind 
 a control or colors a control.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Borders, 
 including 
<a HREF="Apply_3D_effects.htm">3D effect</a> and 
<a HREF="Drop_shadows.htm">drop 
 shadows</a>, set off or define a control. Use a 3D effect to make a control 
 appear three-dimensional, like a button. Use a drop shadow to &quot;float&quot; 
 a control on top of the background.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 HREF="Gradients.htm">Gradient colors</a> allow you to blend two colors 
 in a gradual color change in the background of a control.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 HREF="Tooltips.htm">Tooltips</a> display pop-up text when a user positions 
 the mouse over a control. Tooltips can provide extra information, such 
 as the full company name in the tooltip of the company logo.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">You 
 can 
<a HREF="Hide_control.htm">hide a control</a> when the document is 
 viewed as a PDF. This allows you to display information to other document 
 designers in Design Mode but not to users viewing the document as a PDF 
 in View Mode or Interactive Mode. For example, you could include a note 
 in a hidden text field about the source of data.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">Add 
 a 
<a HREF="Add_title_bars_to_GG.htm">title bar</a> to display title text 
 for a Grid/Graph or a panel stack, or to allow users to minimize and maximize 
 a Grid/Graph when the document is displayed in MicroStrategy Web. This 
 is also referred to as portal grid mode. For steps, see 
<a HREF="Add_title_bars_to_GG.htm">Adding 
 title bars to Grid/Graphs </a>&nbsp;and 
<a HREF="Display_title_bars_in_panels.htm">Displaying 
 title bars in panel stacks</a>.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 HREF="Custom_colors.htm">Creating and using custom colors</a></p></li>
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<p>When you add a new control, its initial formatting is determined by 
 the control default for that type of control. Each control type (text 
 field, image, rectangle, and so on) has a control default, which contains 
 a full set of formatting properties to specify the default format. For 
 more information on control defaults, including how to apply them and 
 how to change them, see 
<a href="Control_defaults.htm">Formatting controls 
 using control defaults</a>. Of course, you can change the formatting of 
 each new control as desired.</p>
<p>Different types of controls have different formatting options. For example, 
 you can set the font color and size for a text field, but those options 
 are not relevant to a rectangle or line. The formatting options that are 
 available for each control type are listed below: &nbsp;</p>
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<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Format_text_fields.htm">Formatting text fields</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Format_lines.htm">Formatting lines and rectangles</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Format_images.htm">Formatting images</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Formatting_panels.htm">Formatting panels and panel stacks</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Formatting_selectors.htm">Formatting selectors</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Format_sections.htm">Formatting sections</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Control_defaults.htm">Formatting controls using control defaults</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Format_borders.htm">Formatting document borders and backgrounds</a></p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; " class=p><p class="whs1">
<a 
 href="Formatting_Grid_Graphs.htm">Formatting Grid/Graphs</a></p></li>
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<h2>Methods to format a control</h2>
<p>When you add a new control, its formatting is determined by the control 
 default, but you can then change the formatting. You can use different 
 interfaces to define the formatting; which interface you use depends on 
 your personal preference and what options you want to change. The Properties 
 and Formatting dialog box is the easiest method to use, as it contains 
 all the options of the other interfaces on the same screen as the Layout 
 area.</p>
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<p>Formatting toolbar</td>
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<p>Easy access to basic formatting options such as:</p>
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<li class=p><p>Font</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Alignment</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Colors</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Borders</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Currency type and decimal places</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Borders</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Background fill</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Font color</p></li>
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<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>General properties, such as name, that define the control</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Layout properties, such as position, title height, and 
 grid options</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Flash</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Font</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Color and lines</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Effects, including 3D borders and drop shadows</p></li>
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<h2>Copying and pasting formatting</h2>
<p>Another way to format a control is to copy and paste the formatting. 
 After you have formatted a control in a particular way, you can copy that 
 formatting to other controls of the same type. You cannot copy formatting 
 between objects of different types. For example, you cannot paste a rectangle's 
 formatting onto a text field, because the two types do not have the same 
 formatting properties.</p>
<p>You cannot copy formatting between two Grid/Graph objects. You can create 
 an Autostyle and apply it to multiple Grid/Graphs to apply the same formatting 
 to all of them. For steps, see Defining a default autostyle for Grid/Graphs.</p>
<h2>To copy and paste formatting</h2>
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<li style=" color: #000000; font-weight: normal; " class=p><p class="whs12">Open 
 the document in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design </B></span>or <span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; font-weight: normal; " class=p><p class="whs12">Select 
 the control with the desired formatting and click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Copy</B></span> 
 icon on the Standard&nbsp;toolbar. </p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; font-weight: normal; " class=p><p class="whs12">Select 
 the control(s) to copy the formatting to. </p></li>
	
<li style=" color: #000000; font-weight: normal; " class=p><p class="whs12">Right-click 
 the selected control(s) and choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Paste 
 Format</B></span>.</p></li>
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